Tag Archives: Flu

Subbotina Anna/Shutterstock Paul Hunter, University of East Anglia Although COVID infections are currently low or in decline in most western countries aside from the UK, there’s still a long way to go before the threat of the pandemic is over. A big concern this winter is if there’s a resurgence of COVID with other respiratory illnesses coming back strongly alongside …

Freepik / brgfx Jose M Jimenez Guardeño, King’s College London et Ana María Ortega-Prieto, King’s College London Como cada año, por estas fechas comienza la campaña de vacunación contra la gripe. Los expertos aconsejan vacunarse de la gripe a personas mayores y de alto riesgo, incluyendo aquellas con patologías previas, embarazadas, personal sanitario y cuidadores de personas con riesgo de …

What can a single person’s flu infection tell you about how the virus changes around the world? Xue and Bloom, CC BY-SA Katherine Xue, University of Washington and Jesse Bloom, University of Washington Evolution is usually very slow, a process of change that takes thousands or millions of years to see. But for influenza, evolution is fast – and deadly. …